The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-02-04
GREAT BATTLE PICTURE.


Some 0acryatIoas on the Beau,es and R4alisms
oftAe 0ett.xburg Spectacular Panorama.
st. Paul Dispatch: Although hundreds OF
citizens OF St Pual and strangers visit the
great Gettysburg panorama at the corner
Of Sixth and 81. Peter streets every day,
there are Thousands more who have not
yet realized the splendid attractions OF
this matchless spectacular exhibition.
They pass IL by as mn anexciting sort o.
show-good, but not exhilnratinp. On the
contrary there is no theater in all the
country where SO exciting tragedy holds
the boards.
| : On the wonderful canvas OF the Gettys-
burg picture is portrayed one OF the realities
ofhistory. What are sham grieis and
mock tears compared to the reality OF that
destiny, turned tho babbing brooks to
blood. and planted the crimson flower OF
death broadcast along its wooded hills!
The griefs OF the footlight world arc soon
! forgotten, but tho gricfs that sprang to
| lie from Gettysburg field shall never find
sssuagement within thousands OF stricken
hearts until the peace OF eternal years en-.
folds them.
The picture represents the decisive ac-
ton Of July 3, 1863. 1t was painted by
artists who thoroughly posted themselves
and other details OF the fight RS it actual.
ly took place. BY such care they were en-
abled to reproduce the maneuvers OF that
dreadful day, so, that, looking upon the
work, we can not realize that we are gazing
only upon mechanical effects. The area oil
the picture is 10000 square feet. The
wonderful blending oi effects in the fore.
not separate the real from the unreal.
Entering the unique building in which
the painting is on exhibition, through IL
dark passage, you grops your way. until
the ascent of an tinlighted stairway ushers
you suddenly into n new region. You have
left the streets OF st. Paul behind you
and penetrated one Of Pennsylvania
loveliest valleys. About you lie wooded
hills that bolt with livinggreen stretch OF
fields and meadows. An old rail fence zig
Gags across the foreground. The illusion
Ia perfect as your eye takes in the swarm
ing blue-coats and tho upspringing uni.
forms OF grey confronting them.
Taking your standpoint at the exact
center oil the scene Of action, you soon lose
thought oi I'LL the world but the exciting
sweep of events about you. The horses
actually seem to Ae alive; their wild eyes
full Of splendid courage and dauntless de.
sire. Rosa Bonheur never painted a better
scene OF animal life III action. Every
muscle glands out like whip-cords. Under
a copse to the south OF II central stand.
point the sver.to-be-iorgotten charge OF
in progress-a charge which proved the
tide-water mark OF the rebellion, from
which 1t slowly ebbcd to Its close. You
can almost hear the sharp whistle OF bul.
lets and the unceasing roar OF batteries, as
tho carnage is Mt its height. From tho
palo lips OF wounded men you seem TO
catch the pitiiul cry of their agony; and
! features OF the dead, seems yet to haunt
the air.
All about yol look whesa you will, brave
boys are falling thick as leaves in an au.
tumn storm. Up from the meadows $ re-
Enforcement oi gray coats, 1000 strong,
10 trsmPling the blossoming Rrnsses under
loot. Each man 10 as thoroughly in car.
nest as men are sure to be, when some ia.
tai moment unlooses the bulldog passions
in their souls. Their front Ia like the crest
Of an angry soa. Takeyour glass and look
closely ut this magnificent charge. Under
the strongest glass; tho most distant hui.
man figures lnot larger than cockroaches
on the actual canyns) stand out clear, dis
tinct, artistic and life-sized, thus vastly
enlnrging the Acope OF vision.
Through tho very thickest OF the battlea
magnificent horse is flying, riderless. His
gallant master lies somewhere in the red
storm OF death, but he, with head erect
and strained blood shot eye, is seeking
safety, no knows not whore. Away from
the tansle u white faces, and pale, out
stretched hands; away from the scream OF
rnoil to the peace OF the hills, the irighten.
cd horse, they tell us, found his way at
; last 70 safety and IN bonored old age. Tho
event was an actual occurrence OF thatday
OF horror.
Perhaps the feature which appeals most
strongly to the local beholders 10 tho vivid
portrayal Of the historic charge OF the gal.
This regiment is truthfully and graphical
" portrayed rushing heorically to the
flaming front, under the leadership OF the
brave Col. Colyill. who was desperately
wounded in this battle, aud yet survives,
MANNED and disfgured, an honored citi-
zen Of Rel Wing. The colonel and a large
number ot ths men VI the old First" are
painted from photoRraphs, and the like
nesses are readily recognised, The bnt,
tie flag Of the Twenty.eighth Virginia regi-
ment. which led ths charge Of Picke.t's
division, and is correctly painted in its
place in the picture, lies i'll the fore.
ground. 1t was captured by Marshall
s3hefmGn, OF st. Paul a member oil the
First M.nnesota. pnd BY him loaned to the
panorama company. Iii
The canvas presents for us but one mo-
msnt--an eternal inoment!-of the struggle
that waged SO fiercely Tor three long sum
Insf days, But it strikes TINT one moment
80 sharpely. IL holds it forth so grandly,
and immortalizes it so completely that, to
see the picture ia to tlse thoughtful soul q
full revelation OF direiul yet glorious
epoch OF history. Nevor imagine for n. sim
gle moment that the Gettysburg pano,
rama will bore you, or that it rnnks with
the ordinary panoramic visit to tame
lnnds and scriptural places. This wonder
\ mi pBipting is az unlike the average pnno.
| rama as spice differs from marble dust, or
champagne from tepii tea.
Washington Post: The whole State OF
| Minnesota has enjoyed marvellous growth,
beving grown more than so per cent since
| 1850, and the assessment OF real estate
having ipcFeaaad moro than 80 Der cont.
This indicates thnt the population of
Minnesota will be nearly 100000 in
| 1890, and OF this number st, Faul and
| Minneapolis will contain more than 1000
900 people! The immigrants OF the North
1 Stnr state arc largely the indutrious,
thrifty, patient, obedient Scandinayians
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